Father arrested after overnight Amber Alert

2:41 PM,
May 20, 2013

Michael Swaney

Written by

Doug Davis
The Daily News Journal

Thirty-year-old Michael Swaney has been booked on $10,000 bond in the Adult Detention Center and charged with aggravated assault. His 8-year-old son, Gabriel Swaney, of Murfreesboro, is safe with family members in Smyrna.

An Amber Alert was issued for Gabriel overnight when he was taken by his father Sunday night after a violent domestic dispute.

According to investigators, the father took Gabriel after assaulting the boy's mother with a switchblade knife. ...